Second Circuit — Differential Civil Case Management: circuit jury cases resolve in 18 months, non-jury and county in 12; plaintiff serves the CMO at case start (AO 2024-08, 2nd Amendment)

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Case Management2nd Cir. Admin. Order 2024-08 (Differential Civil Case Management, eff. Jan. 1, 2025; 2nd Amendment eff. Oct. 1, 2025), per the court's civilCaseManagement.php page

Summary

The Second Circuit's Differential Civil Case Management order (AO 2024-08, effective January 1, 2025; Second Amendment effective October 1, 2025) sets firm disposition timelines: Civil Circuit jury trial cases must be resolved within 18 months, and Civil Circuit non-jury and Civil County cases within 12 months. The order includes a case-management order the plaintiff must serve at the beginning of the case, with deadlines the court states will be strictly enforced.

Applies to

All civil cases, all six counties (Leon, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Liberty, Wakulla). The underlying AO 2024-08 Second Amendment PDF is image-only (no text layer, sha256 88586a5c…); the disposition timelines and at-filing requirement are quoted from the court's rendered civilCaseManagement.php page.

Requirement

The New AO requires Civil Circuit jury trial cases to be resolved within 18 months, and Civil Circuit non-jury trial and Civil County cases to be resolved within 12 months. … The AO also includes a case management order that must be served by Plaintiff at the beginning of the case, with other deadlines and will be strictly enforced.

Source of truth

Quoted verbatim from the rendered page (sha256 0135bfe0…, re-verified live 2026-07-24).

Official source: 2nd Circuit — Administrative Orders page (adminOrders.php; the AOs/ directory index is forbidden by design)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 14, 2026
Effective date: January 1, 2025
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (custody hash match) | prior: benchpath-arbitration-2026-07-24